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looking at libya and looking at syria, when should united nations or member states intervene? >> well, these are different situations. in libya, i think we've been right in intervening because gaddafi was a dictator, and you remember that there was a sort of libyan spring, and nobody was possible because of gaddafi. therefore, a decision was taken to intervene. >> rose: is the principle you don't intervene no matter how atroacials the acts of the government in power, if in fact they have a member of the security council who opposes? or if in fact they have an army which will make it a very bloody affair. >> no. >> rose: are those the rules? >> no. the rule is because of veto if one or two people-- nations -- permanent security members-- we cannot contribute because our principle is to intervene only if we have a legal authorization. and up to now, three times, russia and china say no. and, therefore, up to now, we haven't been able to intervene. which is a humanitarian catastrophe. because every day you have more than 200 people killed. and because the security council doesn't
looking at libya and looking at syria, when should united nations or member states intervene? >> well, these are different situations. in libya, i think we've been right in intervening because gaddafi was a dictator, and you remember that there was a sort of libyan spring, and nobody was possible because of gaddafi. therefore, a decision was taken to intervene. >> rose: is the principle you don't intervene no matter how atroacials the acts of the government in power, if in fact they...
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and let's not forget the united states. that is why we think we have reason to be optimistic about 2013. >> but subsidiary -- for gm subsidiary opel, the future looks bleak. one glimmer of hope is the atom targeting younger buyers, but there is no one in paris to sing its praises. senior managers are not attending the show. >> it is divided into winners and losers these days. while opel is suffering badly, volkswagen group is profiting from a solid position in the u.s., latin america, and china. paris offers both a chance to boost their fortunes. >> who would buy a car that was painted like that? anyway, over the ages, we have seen that needed dictatorships, totalitarian systems, nor dictatorships have been able to quell the pursuit of free speech. >> a new exhibit at the german literature archive shows how imprisoned dissidents in countries ranging from germany itself to china have overcome incredible obstacles to get their messages across. >> tiny handwriting, designed to go undetected. messages, cries for help, or the pa
and let's not forget the united states. that is why we think we have reason to be optimistic about 2013. >> but subsidiary -- for gm subsidiary opel, the future looks bleak. one glimmer of hope is the atom targeting younger buyers, but there is no one in paris to sing its praises. senior managers are not attending the show. >> it is divided into winners and losers these days. while opel is suffering badly, volkswagen group is profiting from a solid position in the u.s., latin...
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. >> the question is how bad these grants will be against israel and the united states. there were some side blows, but i would say for the state usually is in, he was kind of mild. he wants to establish a new world order that he is suggesting with all countries being equal, everybody living in peace and harmony -- that is at least what he said, but if you go into details, it does not make much sense. >> the egyptian president also took to the podium today, saying he opposes military intervention in syria. how was his speech received? >> it was very well-received, and it was a very well structured speech. it was a historic moment. first democratically elected civilian president of egypt speaking in front of the general assembly. he touched upon all the important topics, including syria, but what might have come as a surprise to some was that his most important topic is priority topic, was one that was more or less neglected this year as opposed to last year, which was the palestinian problem. he said that was the most pressing problem in the world. criticized israel with
. >> the question is how bad these grants will be against israel and the united states. there were some side blows, but i would say for the state usually is in, he was kind of mild. he wants to establish a new world order that he is suggesting with all countries being equal, everybody living in peace and harmony -- that is at least what he said, but if you go into details, it does not make much sense. >> the egyptian president also took to the podium today, saying he opposes...
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states was you know on the gold standard and so on a paper standard during the civil war you know mainly paper money systems come about when when you know the state needs money and that historically we used it was a time of war so during the civil war america was off gold and there we turned an eight hundred seventy nine to gold standard the money supply after they did that the money supply contracted for use in america interesting the american economy still group now i'm not quite sure given our consumer culture today that would be repeatable today i have my doubts so i think it would be much tougher to do this today but it has been done has been done in britain in one thousand twenty one now i know people will say this has been one hundred two hundred years ago it doesn't apply to all modern society i do believe it will be much harder to go back to some form of hard and stable money today it will be much tougher and today politics are such that nobody wants to do it now not on my watch that's the number one principle of politics these days around the time around the time but thanks so
states was you know on the gold standard and so on a paper standard during the civil war you know mainly paper money systems come about when when you know the state needs money and that historically we used it was a time of war so during the civil war america was off gold and there we turned an eight hundred seventy nine to gold standard the money supply after they did that the money supply contracted for use in america interesting the american economy still group now i'm not quite sure given...
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it has continued to see its market share erode down to 10% in the united states now compared to google and apple which have been growing their share. >> well, there is positives in the results and it was nice to see the total subscriber base grow to that 80 million it is important to remember that the company still saw revenue decline by 31% on a year-over-year basis. the number of units that were shipped, that 7.4 million for the entire quarter that compared to the 5 million apple sold and on its first weekend of sales are for thix phone 5. so this is a company that has-losing share, people view the platform as being behind the curve technologically and they still have a lot of ground to cover to catch up. >> does it have any price pog we are when it comes to its new device the blackberry -- in other words, it may not make it up on volume but can it continue to see margins and perhaps even increase margins within the company posted a loss this quarter and the expectations are they are going to post a loss in the next your as well. so they are not driving a profit with their current co
it has continued to see its market share erode down to 10% in the united states now compared to google and apple which have been growing their share. >> well, there is positives in the results and it was nice to see the total subscriber base grow to that 80 million it is important to remember that the company still saw revenue decline by 31% on a year-over-year basis. the number of units that were shipped, that 7.4 million for the entire quarter that compared to the 5 million apple sold...
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says every state in the united states pays its workers on average more than employees doing the same job for a private company. and the group says much of the blame falls on retirement benefits. now these pension and salary totals vary by state. the report says the states paying workers closest to private sector salary and benefits, new hampshire, rhode island, vermont, south dakota, and wyoming. states with large of the gap, california, new york, north carolina, ohio and texas. for comment the american federation of state, county municipal employees referred fox business to a web post by the economic policy institute. their response? they say these claims are bunk and study after study has rebutted similar claims, if anything, public sector workers most of whom have college degrees or higher, are somewhat underpaid compared to comparable private sector workers. as for federal workers the congressional budget office find they make more on average until you get to those with professional degrees. in that case they make more in the private sector. for all federal workers cbo says they
says every state in the united states pays its workers on average more than employees doing the same job for a private company. and the group says much of the blame falls on retirement benefits. now these pension and salary totals vary by state. the report says the states paying workers closest to private sector salary and benefits, new hampshire, rhode island, vermont, south dakota, and wyoming. states with large of the gap, california, new york, north carolina, ohio and texas. for comment the...